The Javelin
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
a javelin · javelin · javelins · the javelin · yonder lad's cruel weapon
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
The Second Tetralogy
The weapon thrown by the defendant's son during practice that struck and instantly killed the prosecutor's son; both sides dispute whether its flight was proper or whether the boy moved improperly into its path.
but thanks to the wantonness of him who cast it, he was greeted by yonder lad’s cruel weapon;
My son was struck in the side by a javelin thrown by yonder lad in the gymnasium, and died instantly.
while the boy, who moved into the javelin’s path, was struck, thereby causing us to be blamed for what we did not do.
Anabasis
Thrown weapon used in training and battle, including the weapon that strikes Cyrus under the eye.
he did not kill anyone in his passage, but the Greeks, after opening a gap for his men, proceeded to deal blows and throw javelins upon them as they went through.
While Cyrus was delivering his stroke, however, some one hit him a hard blow under the eye with a javelin;
Here, then, Cyrus was reputed to be, in the first place, the most modest of his fellows, and even more obedient to his elders than were his inferiors in rank;